Flashcards: World Bank

The Praxis Discussion Series was established by the World Bank office in Sydney, Australia in order to provide a forum to discuss ideas, approaches, initiatives and policy pertinent to international development.

Structural adjustment programmes (SAPs) consist of loans provided by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the World Bank (WB) to countries that experienced economic crises.

The World Bank is an international financial institution that provides loans to developing countries for capital programs.

The Energy Sector Management Assistance Program (ESMAP) is a global knowledge and technical assistance program administered by the World Bank.

The InfoShop is a non-profit bookstore in Washington, D.

The World Bank, Chennai is the extension of the World Bank headquartered in Washington, DC.

The Inspection Panel is an independent accountability mechanism of the World Bank.

The Battle of Bretton Woods: John Maynard Keynes, Harry Dexter White, and the Making of a New World Order is a 2013 book by Dr.

The International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) is an international financial institution that offers loans to middle-income developing countries.

The Asian Institute of Management "AIM" is an international management school.

The Global Water Partnership (GWP) is an international network created to foster an integrated approach to water resources management (IWRM).

CGIAR (formerly the Consultative Group for International Agricultural Research) is a global partnership that unites organizations engaged in research for a food secure future.

The Bretton Woods system of monetary management established the rules for commercial and financial relations among the United States, Canada, Western Europe, Australia and Japan in the mid-20th century.

Life and Debt is a 2001 American documentary film directed by Stephanie Black.

Is Geography Destiny? Lessons from Latin America is a book written by John Luke Gallup, Alejandro Gaviria, Eduardo Lora and published by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), which documents an advanced step of the rediscovery of geography by economists initiated by Paul Krugman in the early 1990s, however in another, more deterministic direction.